The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CONTOURS
Definition of CONTOURS
noun
plural of contour
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONTOURS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTOURS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CNOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONTOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CONTOURS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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